Meat holder



April 30, 1935.

2w 2 E N I=| MEAT H Filed Jul J. E. GLOEKLER OLDER INVENTOR.

Wax (d AT 0 NEX Patented Apr. 30, 1935 Y it 7 Q UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

i a 1,999,809 i g VMEAT HOLDER John Edward Gloekler, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application July 5, 1934, Serial No. 733,842

3 claims, (01. l e-21a) t This invention consists of an improvement; "and vertical adjustmentin the receiving bracket in meat holders adapted to engage and firmly 12. g .r hold a joint, leg, shoulder or'other meat unit 'e bracket is'of hollow cylindrical construcin firm contact with the surface of a block, for 'tion, adapt freely eceive t e Stem for cutting and bone sawin either or both of such adjustments and to be 5 It has in view to provide a strong and subheld by engagement of the, inner terminal-of stantial holder, mounted on the side of the thumb screw*l3 mounted in the S de Of the pblock for vertical and lateral adjustment, hav- P t b a S bracketiS fi y ing a variably adjustable terminal securing fork, cured by its oppositely extending flanges and as hereinafter more fully described, screws 01' bolts [4 at any convenient position 10 In the drawing: 0n the side face of i the block 2 H i V I 'Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the in- AS indicated i t etubular'arm Hi m y ventio-n as located and used on a block; be sw n l a y to y d d at n y Fig, 2 is a lan vie of the sa loosening the set screw [3 and may be also raised Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the teror placem nt of the unit and n lowered to 15 minaI fork, effect holding engagementtherewith. Rod 8 is Referring to the drawing, 2 is a conventional xt nsib e in tubular terminal arm Ill and fix d y block commonly used by butchers for cutting held e e y thumb ew 5, W e t e t from a main t 3, fork 4 may be swung laterally on its stem 6 and Such units usually vary greatly in size, shape then secured at any desired angle, with 01' With- 0 and contour, and are somewhat mobile and fre- Out at of Stem r pendihg On the variquently tend to slide or move on the block surable contour Of the unit into which the fork tines face, as a slice or portion is removed. It is dea s t d f s ur n a ment; sirable therefore to hold the meat unit very By u h eenstruetien'I p v de a a ge of va yfirml by means capable of accommodation to ing ad u ts a pt n the d v e to a n- 25 t v m urfa e exposed. To t end '1 siderable latitude ofv placement and holding achave provided a double spike fork 4 having the tioh, and from a um to a maximum vertispaced apart pointed tines 5 adapted to'be in movement:-

sorted in the unit 3, as in Fig.1. Also, the longitudinal and rotatable adjust- Fork 4 is provided with a middle stem 5 ment of rod 8, and the lateral adjustment of 30 tending upwardly through the termin l eye 1 the fork enable the operator to engage the unit of a cylindrical r d 3, at the most favorable location for secure hold- A thumb nut 9 has threaded connection with i s thereof during the operation of severance by the stem 6 for tightening and loosening, by a knife aW- which the fork may be fixedly held in any'later- The construction and operation of the inven- 5 ally adjusted position with relation to the longition w be ad understood a d appr iated tudinal axis of rod or stem 8. said rod is iti by allthese a a w t the p act ce of cuttin self longitudinally adjustable by its telescoping meat from a large unit 011 a block t e li e. mounting in the horizonally arranged tubular I is comparatively Simple, cheap, durable, not

40 arm extension II), which extends inwardly over likely to get Out O Order, and h the ample 40 the block from itsvertical supporting stem H. capacity r use with many and V s Shapes,

The rod 3 is also rotatable in the arm extem sizes, and surface contours of the usual comsion H! thereby adapting the points of the tines merclal 5 to be accurately presented to the surface of What I clailm i I the unit at the best operative angle for thrust- I In (.mmbtnatlo-n t meat block provided 45 mg engagement when so presented, the at one slde with a vertical tubular socket having v tire device may be lowered with sufficient pres-. securmg i a Yertlcal Standard adlustably. sure to firmly insert the tines, the main stem ll g gg gsg f iz fi fi g 5 iii 3 i g 3 3- a ongi u ma y 7 gg gig sf gs igg g gg i f i s o extensible arm mounted therein provided with 50 zontal portion, or the entire holding arm ll-ID, a termmal and a meat holdmg fork having a stem engaging the eye and rovided with may be readily formed of a section of piping or a tightening n t. p

tubing, bent as shown and of sufiicient length 2. In combination with a meatblock provided v to provide for ample lateral swinging adj t a one side with a Vertical tubular socket having 7 .v

a securing device, a vertical standard adjustably mounted therein vhavinga lateral tubular ex- .tension provided with a set screw, alongitudinal ly extensible rod rotatably mounted therein provided with a terminal eye, and a rotatable double tine meatholding fork having a stem engaging the eye and provided with a tightening thumb nut.

' 3. A meat holding device for a cutting block consisting of a vertically and laterally adjustable standard having a laterally extending tubular arm provided with a set screw, a cylindrical stem telescopically mounted in the tubular arm and provided with a terminal eye, and a double tine fork having a threaded stem freely engaging the eye and provided with a tightening thumb nut. r

' JOHN EDWARD GLOEKLER. 

